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Best Green Blogs
Best Green Blogs is the directory of green and sustainable themed blogs. Whether people are discussing cleantech in the UK, global warming issues in Italy or sustainable agriculture in China, you are apt to find it here. We feature eco-themed blogs from around the world along with detailed info about each blog as well as the most recent postings from each site. We provide a green blog map so you can find writers in your area; as well as a sideblog with other green flotsam from around the internet. Thank you for visiting!
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Down on the Allotment
What's happening down on the allotment? An intimate account of a passionate veggie grower.
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Farmer Jake
I manage a 4,000 acre farm growing wheat, oilseed rape, barley and beans. We also have potatoes and salad onions. We have a sheep flock and sell lamb all over the place! We are members of LEAF, Linking Environment and Farming to promote British farming and to tell people about what we do as responsible land managers.
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Farming Friends
A website and forum community packed with information, resources and products relating to farming, keeping livestock, food and nature written by a smallholder and farmer based in Yorkshire, UK.
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Frog Blog by Frog in the Field
My family and other animals.... Me, one teenager, one farmer, one small one, one in the middle and a lot of animals. I run my Party Bag business, Frog in the Field, from our home in Monmouthshire. It's wild and wacky in the countryside, especially here!
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Gaian Economics
All other green campaigns become futile without tackling the economic system and its ideological defenders. Economics is only dismal because there are not enough of us making it our own. Read on and become empowered!
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Green Reading
Produced by Adrian Windisch, a Green Party member in Reading, Berkshire. Adrian Says: “I believe we can achieve a sustainable future and I am doing everything I can to change my life and encourage others to do the same in order to achieve this. ”
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Horticultural
an organic gardening blog by the Guardian's gardening editor, Jane Perrone
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Kompost Girl
'one girl's mission to make a difference - one compost bin at a time'
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Low Carbon Lifestyle
A daily diary by John Cossham, who tries to live a 'green' and ethical life. This is not the most exciting blog in the world. I'm not trying to sell you anything. I'm not going to wow anybody with amazing facts or funnies. It's a diary. Just my daily grind. Just mainly text and day to day stuff from a self-employed eco-activist, trying to be a good enough parent, but succeeding in living a low carbon lifestyle.
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Mad about Herbs
Herb growing, herb gardening, herb cooking, herb craft tips from Mad About Herbs
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Middle of Nowhere
Needle felter, illustrator and collectible toy maker living in the rural Cotswolds.
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Rachael's Blog
Life inside Welsh Meat Direct - the farm, the people and its natural farming values
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Taste of the South Downs
Follow Lou as she sets out to explore, meet and photograph the people and places that make up the glorious South Downs National Park.
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The London Vegetable Garden
The London Vegetable Garden - follow the exploits of a London city gardener, trying to grow vegetables on an urban balcony and reach self-sufficiency (for a meal or two at least) ...
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View From The High Peak
Blown like tumbleweed in a B-movie western into the rugged landscape of the High Peak, this southern softie takes a view on life from the vantage point of her hillside in England's rainy North West.
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Paths are there for us to follow, this is gospel I believe, Angels are around us flying, truth and mercy to recieve, Pictures of uncommon nature, painted by a masters hand, Draw me ever on life's journey, rendered thus to understand.
A journal of a path to somewhere…
Ramblings of a smallholder.
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A south-facing plot on a sloping site in south-west Sheffield, with aspirations to become a vineyard (Memo to self - better get on and get some vines then)
Attempting self sufficiency on a quarter of an acre allotment in the middle of a field in rural East Anglia - hampered by rabbits, deer and pests. Changing it from a neglected rubbish covered plot into a productive garden. But having great fun!
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My theory is, men love gardening because it is as close as they can get to childbirth...without the obvious pain! They aquire their little seed,they place it in a soft bed of John Innes,they talk to it,water and feed it,and then birth,a seedling!
Rockin’ a fat one in North Yorkshire, for a second year
Derek Wall was the last Principal Male Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales. "How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life." Penny Kemp and Derek Wall This blog promotes anti-capitalism, green politics, direct action, practical lifestyle change, indigenous struggle, Venezuela Cuba and a touch of Zen. Ecosocialism or muerte!
Eating and growing food in the rural idyll of London
Rural musings, farming, food production and all things connected to the countryside.
over-ambitious and challengicious
The trials and triumphs of Plotting!
A Local community and environment group within the Agenda 21 framework that arose from the 1992 Earth summit in Rio de Janeiro. Sustainable living for the 21st Century.
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Five of us live in a very small ex-council house with a very small garden on the edge of farmland. We grow some of our food on an allotment a couple of miles away. We keep chickens and bees. We try to be "green", whatever that means.
Leaving London and downshifting to become a full-time parent and rural homemaker Becoming Domestic RSS Feed
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Tales from a veggie growing mother of five who is always found with dirty hands and muddy jeans gardening. Somewhere.
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In The Beginning Was The Plot.....And The Plot Thickened! Adventures on a Lancashire Allotment & Miscellaneous Musings. ***MAY CONTAIN MUSIC & NUTS*
A folk musician's adventures in experimental horticulture
An attempt to keep local people up to date on my work as a ward councillor, daily life & thoughts and attempting to give an insight into the workings and politics of Lewisham Council. Feel free to leave comments. If you'd rather not identify yourself on a public blog, or you require a formal response please email me.
A Swedish Graphic designer and passionate amateur photographer, now living in South of England.
Hi. I'm Tracy. In January 2006 my family and I moved to South Devon. We wanted to live in this beautiful part of the country and run a smallholding on our 7 acre field. This blog is about our smallholding and about the sheer pleasure of living here. I love looking at other peoples blogs and reading about how they live. I hope you will enjoy mine.
Rumination and ramblings about veg and other matters, from my allotment in Kent, in the 'Garden of England'
James (Digtoplant) Hi I'm JAMES 57 and married with three daughters all left home now, daughters that is not the wife.I enjoy Gardening Football and working on my Farm.The picture above in the header slot is where i live and work.
A work in progress towards living a sustainable , healthy life, making a living and creating a life, leaving smaller footprints on the earth. It is my hope that the smaller footsteps will gain momentum and leave large imprints of conscious living to enable our children to enjoy the beauty and abundance that surrounds us.
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Taming an unwieldy West London vegetable plot
Emma Cooper is a freelance writer and podcaster. She is a keen gardener and lives in Oxfordshire with husband Pete and two pet chickens - Hen Solo and Princess Layer.
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An insight into how we grow fruit and veg
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I love gardening. After a hectic day, it literally brings me back down to earth. In this blog, I will make notes when I have time....My thoughts will ramble like a rose and my photos will blur like the morning mist.
Thoughts and images from the adventures of a would be garden design and horticultural student as she trips around the British countryside in search of gardens that delight.
If wealth was measured by how much we give rather than how much we take the world would be a better and happier place for more of its people. Bob
Thora, born in America, lives in London with her husband and someone else's cat. She is also, as you may have guessed by now, a keen gardener.
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Transmissions from the heart of Walthamstow
Trying to combine a bit of self sufficiency along with an urban life style.
Trying to avoid the greenwash and find out how best to live ethically and sustainably
News and views from the Green Party councillors for Ladywell, Lewisham
New age Greener, interesting, whitty, arty, creative, thoughtful and acquiring a few laughter lines!
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To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. - Charles Dudley Warner
Tips and tricks on how to improve your home after a home removal services.
'You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think' - Dorothy Parker
Quality food, full of flavour, fresh from the farm.
family cooking, from scratch, every day
I decided to write about my passion for gardening past, present and future. I have been ill suffering with Lyme Disease since May 2003 but at last after long term antibiotic treatment getting my life back and can again enjoy my garden.
Welcome to my blog. I wanted to write this to give everyone a chance to see more of the world of sustainable development.
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Me and my ramblings
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Hello and thank you for looking at my Blog...i hope you enjoy my site. I'm pretty new to this but hope to keep it all updated with the progress of my garden. I've really enjoyed being able to start everything from scratch and the hard work has been worthwhile. I hope you enjoy seeing my progress too! Feel free to leave comments it's always nice to get feedback.
Life on the ‘Funny Ffarm’
Stories from a small organic farm in Devon
The diary of the trials & tribulations of a virgin veggie grower on a Cambridge allotment
Growing Veg and other garbled messages & gardening wisdom
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This diary is really for my own benefit as I can never remember when I've sown dug harvested anything and it always annoys me when Monty Don mentions that he harvested his first sweetcorn of the year 20 minutes earlier in 1976.....however, if you do visit my diary please leave a post somewhere just to let me know what you think or with any comment, hint, trick or tip you can think of!
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Jonathan Briggs reports on a miscellany of mistletoe matters
Matthew Naylor takes a Longer View from The Fens
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An account of one small Welsh farm's attempts to become carbon neutral, using the simplest and best techniques available on a shoestring budget. We're installing, bit by bit, insulation, a passive solar system and a wind turbine.
The trials and tribulations of a modern crofter
Thin, organic, locally-reared chips of faith from the West Country
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It's a blog about vegetable gardening and seasonal cooking.
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I've gardened this patch of Oxfordshire for nearly twenty years. What started out as a dusty former farmyard is now ....pretty mature. That is to say that the shrubs I planted when I first came here are fully grown and will need taking in hand this year! I am also determined to continue growing vegetables as maturing trees start to steal the light from my veg patch. I garden organically and welcome frogs, hedghogs and any wildlife...except slugs!! This blog will chart my successes and failures.
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(and two steps back)
Organic vegetable farm www.edenfarms.co.uk grows and delivers organic veg boxes all over the East Midlands. Been doing it for 25 years and we have lots to say!
Observations from an enthusiastic (weekend) gardener
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A View from the North West
Olitory musings.
more than just a damn fine lunch
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Life & Other Distractions
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Life in Devon: murblings on farming, food, animals, art, books, politics & stuff
Diary of a novice gardener. This blog will record activities through the seasons in my garden in North Wales, United Kingdom.
Musings on rural village life, the animal human relationship, historical anecdotes and quirky tales.
Appreciate countryside living.
Philip Booth was elected, May 2006, as Stroud District councillor for Randwick, Ruscombe and Whiteshill. Use the search facility above to find a particular issue, or the archives in the right hand column. Philip welcomes comments added to the Blog items below. Over 3,000 unique visitors a month to this blog - thanks!
Hi, I'm Sarah and in April 2006 I became an allotment tenant for the first time & hope you'll enjoy following my progress! Most of my efforts in the first year went into growing sweet peas for my wedding to ‘He Who Doesn’t Dig’, (HWDD) making the wooden beds and clearing the weeds. 2007 was a very successful first year growing veg and spring 2008 saw Baby Digger (BD) arrive. This year I'm working on improving my time management trying to fit everything in!
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Whats going on in our garden? - flowers to feel good about.
"In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful." (~Abram L. Urban)
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Organic gardening and vegetable growing within flooding distance of the Thames, weekend allotmenteering overlooking the North Downs, and tending a monastery garden.
What's left after the Cat is gone
Stumbling self sufficiency in a small space
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A Life in the Real North
Visits to English gardens...which ones to see, and how to make the most of a day out by maximising on the best gardens in a particular area
The Eco Systems Presents...
Charting my progress on my new allotment in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Life on my Wash Common allotment
The Allotment Garden - views, news and reviews
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Can an average person really create Zero Waste? The challenge was set and during the week 10-17 March 2008, one mother in Bury St Edmunds gave it a go. She only threw out a plaster. Can you do it too? Why not try your own Rubbish Diet and slim your bin. You'll be amazed at how easy it really is and you could even save some money. If Almost Mrs Average can do it, you can too.
A diary of a small, organic veg plot produced by a first time gardener with no greenhouse, knowledge or previous experience but plenty of enthusiasm.
Garden plants, native plants, invasive plants and more
Spawn of Allotment 21
Musing on life in the heart of rural Wiltshire. Well, erm Chippenham actually...
A journey in growing fruit and veg in Cheltenham
University of Westminster: DS16_The Urban Animal. This year I am looking at the relationship between architecture and the animal world. We were asked to keep a pet. I chose to keep Eisenia Fetida or Red worms as they are more commonly known. These worms live in my kitchen in a box and they eat my organic food waste producing a rich fertilser for future food growing. This blog is a all about that process.
A subtropical suburban oasis in Wandsworth, south-west London designed to defy the depredations of global warming, garden pests and kids without recourse to carbon emissions, chemicals or cranial damage.
Situated on the edge of Birmingham & Bromsgrove - a little piece of Heaven
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A record of my Warwickshire allotment experience
Really Rural Living
soil, worms and manure everywhere
Wildlife gardening - timely advice throughout the year, projects etc. Information on wild flowers, birds, butterflies, bumblebees, mason bees, ladybirds, lacewings, frogs, etc. If it's to do with garden wildlife, you will find it here!
So I Don't Forget
Val has over 23 years experience as a smallholder in the West of England. Having kept most types of livestock, with sheep being her speciality she has just sold all sheep except for 15 lawn mowers to keep the field at home in check. She has an ethical wool and fibre business which is expanding rapidly into eco friendly felt for a variety of uses, including meat box and domestic insulation. Follow life on this permaculture based holding and business with the Woolly Shepherds Diaries!.....
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